India, Dec. 9 -- A comprehensive internal review by the BMC on the bottleneck-removal policy for road-widening in the island city revealed multiple irregularities and alleged collusion between ward officials and builders, which led to civic chief Bhushan Gagrani suspending the scheme altogether on October 5. HT is in possession of the review findings prepared by additional municipal commissioner (city) Ashwini Joshi, which state that the policy was undermined by "misapplication, procedural lapses, and systemic gaps in oversight".

Under Regulation 33(12)(B) of the DCPR-2034, the BMC is authorised to demolish structures obstructing existing roads in exchange for compensatory Built-Up Area (BUA) for eligible occupants. Joshi's findings iden...